Blake Mycoskie is the founder of the shoe brand Toms. He was born August 26, 1976, in Arlington Texas. He attended James Martin High School, St. Stephen’s Episcopal School, and got his undergraduate at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. Before becoming a famous entrepreneur he was know for being an actor and director of The Amazing Race (2001), Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf’s (2013) and No Polo Widow (2008). He then created the shoe Toms this shoe idea was created in 2006, when a pair is sold a pair is then given to a child in need of a pair of shoes in a foreign country. The name TOMS stands for “Shoes for a Better Tomorrow, which then eventually became “Tomorrow’s Shoes.” TOMS was started from the idea of a shoe donation …show more content…
There was the fear of not coming up with right amount of money, which was 1 million dollars. There were only a few people that believed in his idea, and one of those many people was a local fabric maker. He then contacted him to come up with the design and they then began coming up with certain ideas. They made a shoe that was durable for many situations, especially because many of these children transportation is by foot. “More than 40% of the worlds people don’t have shoes” This mad them want the idea to expand into something …show more content…
His shoes company has been very sucessful on many different levels; he has changed the lives for many individuals who are living in situations that are unbearable. His product still exists today changing lives; people are buying these shoes more and more because they are aware and more educated on the situations happening outside our country. TOMS has given a total of 10 million pairs of shoes away. Another thing that Blake had recently come out with is his own brand of sunglasses, more than 150,00 pairs, he uses the same concept. “It has helped deliver eye care to more than 15,000